The process of removing stains or excess dye from laboratory specimens, slides, or tissues.
Gerund form of destain, using de- (to remove) + stain + -ing suffix; a technical laboratory term from 19th-century microscopy and pathology.
Destaining is one of the hidden sciences behind accurate medical diagnosis—researchers have even invented special destaining machines that automatically remove dyes from tissue samples, saving hours of painstaking hand-work in pathology labs.
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